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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1890

3,391 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 170

Richmond Council

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 2

WINDSOR, Friday.--At the Richmond Council meeting a letter was read from Mr. Griffin advocating the abolition of the ordinary cesspits in the borough and the…

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Granville Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 3

A GENERAL mooting of the Borough Council of Granville was held at the council Chambers on Wednesday evening last. Present: The full Council…

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Parramatta Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 2

THE following is the business for the meeting of the Council to be held on Monday next, 28th inst. :— REPORT TO ADOPT…

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Dundas Borough Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 6

THE regular meeting of the Dundas Borough Council was held on Wednesday afternoon. Present: The Mayor (Mr. J. Fullford) and Aldermen Franks…

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The Orange Council's Generosity

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 18

AN impromptu meeting of the Mayor and aldermen of Orange was held on Saturday, and it was decided to help the sufferers at Bourke. Alderman Flanagan stated that it would be a…

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COUNTRY. Goulburn Borough Council

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 2

GOULBURN, Friday.--At the meeting of the municipal council last night the report of the finance committee re the adoption of the electric installation was rejected, the…

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Mr. Richard Alexander Young, J.P., Mayor of West Maitland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 920

Mr. Young, the present Mayor of West Maitland, was born at West Maitland on January 3, 1850. He was educated at the West Maitland Grammar School. After leaving school he served his articles in West…

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County Intelligence. Granville. Borough Council

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Granville Borough Council was held at the Council Chambers, Town Hall, Carlton-street, on Wednesday evening last. Present : The Mayor…

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England and Portugal. Expedition to the Shire. Boycotting Britain

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 12

LONDON, April 15.—Telegrams from Delagoa Bay confirm the report as to the dispatch of a Portuguese expedition, consisting of 1200 men, against the natives of…

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The Bourke Floods. Meetings in the Water. The Mayor and the Grumblers. Departure of the Members. BOURKE, Friday, 11.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 5

This afternoon Messrs. Waddell and Willis, M's.L.A., together with the Mayor, aldermen, and representatives of the press, paid an official visit to the refugees' camp at…

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Municipal

Evening News · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 5

[?] Goulburn Council meeting held on Thursday night, the finance committee's report, [?]ending the borrowing of £10,000 to light the city by electricity and to erect public baths…

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Municipal Councils. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 9

The ordinary meeting of the above was held on Tuesday night, the 22nd instant there being present The Mayor (Alderman Scrivener), with Aldermen Clyde, Browne, Taylor, Kenyon, and Stimson. The…

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Municipal Conference

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 2
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

THE adjourned conference between the Municipal Councils of Parramatta and Prospect and Sherwood was held at the Parramatta Town Hall on Wednesday last. Mayor Ferris and…

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Municipal. ROCKDALE

Evening News · Monday 28 April 1890 · page 2

This council held its usual fortnightly meeting on Thursday evening. The Major (Alderman Godfrey) was in the chair, and there were also present: Aldermen Hegarty, Judd, Jeeves, Price…

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Municipal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1890 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The most important of recent municipal events was the gathering of mayors and aldermen at the invitation of the Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Sydney Burdekin, M.L.A.), which took place on…

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Municipal Councils. Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1890 · page 9

An adjourned meeting of the Manly Borough Council was held in the council-chambers on the 21st instant, when there were present—the Mayor (Alderman Cameron), and Aldermen Sullivan, German, Anslow,…

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The City Council

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 6

A MEETING of the City Council was held this morning at the Town Hall, the Mayor, Mr. S. Burdekin, in the chair. There were twenty councillors present…

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In the Council Chamber

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 6

The incidents of the Legislative Council Chamber were few and far between. Strange to say, a dog got into the chamber and placed himself under Dr. Creed's chair till…

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